Overview
- The India Meteorological Department declared on July 9 that the southwest monsoon had covered the country and it is now driving widespread rain across northern, eastern and northeastern states.
- Intense localized downpours on July 9–10 produced floods, landslides and building collapses that have killed about 30 people so far with Surat reporting the highest local toll.
- IMD has issued district‑level red, orange and yellow alerts and warned of low‑to‑moderate flash‑flood risk in Uttarakhand while forecasting heavy to very heavy rain through mid‑July in parts of the Himalaya and Uttar Pradesh.
- State agencies have mobilized rescue teams, pre‑positioned heavy machinery, ordered evacuations and closed schools as landslides and swollen rivers block highways and damage bridges.
- Forecasters expect the monsoon axis to shift north for five to seven days, bringing dry, hot and humid conditions to large western and central states that could stress newly sown kharif crops and raise heat‑risk for vulnerable communities.